1890 Cleveland Spiders season
The 1890 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 44–88 record and a seventh-place finish in the National League.
The team played six straight home games in Indianapolis, Indiana at Indianapolis Park between July 28 and August 2 against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and New York [Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]. It was a former Blue laws in [the United States|Sunday-games] ballpark of the St. [Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers|Indianapolis Hoosiers] who had folded at the end of the previous season.
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Chief Zimmer | 125 | 444 | 95 | .214 | 2 | 57 |
| 1B | Peek-A-Boo Veach | 64 | 238 | 56 | .235 | 0 | 32 |
| 2B | Joe Ardner | 84 | 323 | 72 | .223 | 0 | 35 |
| SS | Ed McKean | 136 | 530 | 157 | .296 | 7 | 61 |
| 3B | Will Smalley | 136 | 502 | 107 | .213 | 0 | 42 |
| OF | 130 | 544 | 116 | .213 | 0 | 41 | |
| OF | George Davis | 136 | 526 | 139 | .264 | 6 | 73 |
| OF | 64 | 246 | 71 | .289 | 0 | 32 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Jake Virtue | 62 | 223 | 68 | .305 | 2 | 25 |
| Tom Dowse | 40 | 159 | 33 | .208 | 0 | 9 |
| Buck West | 37 | 151 | 37 | .245 | 2 | 29 |
| Bill Delaney | 36 | 116 | 22 | .190 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | 45 | 5 | .111 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pat Lyons | 11 | 38 | 2 | .053 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Sommer | 9 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Sommers | 9 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 1 |
| Len Stockwell | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 54 | 474.1 | 22 | 30 | 3.83 | 155 | |
| Jack Wadsworth | 20 | 169.2 | 2 | 16 | 5.20 | 26 |
| Cy Young | 17 | 147.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.47 | 39 |
| 15 | 118.0 | 3 | 11 | 4.42 | 22 | |
| Lee Viau | 13 | 107.0 | 4 | 9 | 3.36 | 30 |
| 9 | 70.0 | 1 | 7 | 4.89 | 16 | |
| Edgar [Smith (pitcher/outfielder)|Edgar Smith] | 6 | 44.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.30 | 11 |
| 4 | 31.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.26 | 5 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Charlie Parsons | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 |
| 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 0 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tom Dowse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |
| Joe Sommer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |